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Synonyms: |
Deinbollia marginata Radlk. Sapindus xanthocarpa Klotzsch |
Common names: | Northern soap-berry (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Scrambling shrub or small tree. Leaves paripinnate with 3-9 pairs of leaflets, rhachis often narrowly winged and extending into a small point, slightly beyond the ultimate pair of leaflets; leaflets oblong-elliptic, up to 8 × 3 cm long, hairless, apex rounded or notched; margins entire, often wavy. The bottom leaflets start so close to the base of the rhachis that they resemble large stipules. Flowers in terminal, large, branched, catkin-like racemes, white. Fruit spherical to ovoid, c. 1.4 cm in diameter, fleshy, yellow. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | xanthocarpa: with yellow fruit. |
Habitat: | In riverine thickets, mixed woodland and on rocky koppies. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | Jul - Sep |
Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
Insects associated with this species: | Euphaedra neophron neophron (Food plant) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 31 January 2009 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 533. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 20. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 256. Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 523 - 524. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 176. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 76. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29. |
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